William howard jarvis biography definition

Sunday, June 28,

William Jarvis was granted acres of land just east of Yonge Street and running between Queen Street and Bloor Street. Jarvis was the first Secretary and Registrar for Upper Canada.

When the property passed to his son Samuel, he began to clear the southern 50 acres and built himself an estate which he called &#;Hazel Burn&#;.

William howard jarvis biography definition

When Samuel got into financial trouble with the government he was forced to divide the property into lots and sell them off to pay his debts. He laid out a new street which he called Jarvis Street and sold smaller, working class lots closer to Queen Street and larger lots to the wealthy farther north.

The drawing below shows the original Jarvis estate.

Many of the original homes have been lost to fires or redevelopment. Several of the ones that remain are involved in development proposals at this time. I decided to get some pictures and record the state of this once grand street as it exists today.

In the future there will likely be